In go one can define a method for a pointer receiver, as well. And Go can interpret the code syntax as follows:
In definition of the method, only writing the pointer type for the receiver is enough, inside the function definition you need not to dereference the pointer to access the very object in memory you want to access.
In function call, you do not need to call the function on a pointer type, on a reference I mean. Go can understand that you mean it.
type Box struct {
color string
}
var b Box
Based on that what is the reason for the golang code snippets are equivalent below? Are there a different reason other than convenience or code shorthand?
Go way, but the classical C way works, as well:
func (b *Box) setColor(c string) {
b.color = c
}
b.setColor("blue")
Classical C way:
func (b *Box) setColor(c string) {
(*b).color = c
}
(&b).setColor("blue")
